While many retailers wait until the early morning hours of the Friday after Thanksgiving to open their doors, many started welcoming bargain seekers early on Thanksgiving Day, while some, most notably outdoor recreation retailer REI, have decided to sit out Black Friday entirely, encouraging its workers and customers to enjoy the outdoors.

Check out the photos below to see those brave enough to face the crowds and early hours in search of a deal.

Black Friday 2015 Photos

Dollie Merritt reacts after entering Best Buy as it opens on Thanksgiving, on Nov. 26, 2015, in Minnetonka, Minn.

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Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly, right, leads a cheer for employees with store manager Brian Maciej before the store opens on Thanksgiving on Nov. 26, 2015, in Minnetonka, Minn.

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A long line of shoppers wait in a line at a J.C. Penny store on Nov. 26, 2015, in Denver.

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Shoppers pour into the Macy's Herald Square flagship store upon store opening for "Black Friday" 2015 on Nov. 26, 2015 in New York.

Image: Donald Traill/ AP Images for Macy's

Guests line up for electronics at a Target in Jersey City, N.J. on Nov. 26, 2015.

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A crowd of customers at a Walmart on Nov. 26, 2015 in Rogers, Ark

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Shoppers at a Target in Jersey City, N.J. on Nov. 26, 2015.

Shoppers line up in front of stores at Tanger Outlets in Pooler, Ga. on Thursday evening, Nov. 26, 2015.

Image: Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News/AP

An employee restocks a shelf in Macy's flagship store in Herald Square on Thanksgiving evening.

A mother and daughter team purchase toys at a Toys "R"Us store, in Fairfax, Va., on Nov. 26, 2015

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Customers wait in line to enter Toys "R" Us in Times Square on Thanksgiving evening.

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Customers wait in line to enter Toys "R" Us in Times Square.

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Children play in Toys "R" Us in Times Square.

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Shoppers cover themselves from the rain while waiting in line outside a Best Buy on Nov. 26, 2015 in San Diego.

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Employees cheer before opening doors to shoppers at a Best Buy on Nov. 26, 2015 in San Diego, Calif.

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Shoppers leave a Target store in Queensbury, New York on Nov. 26, 2015.

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Members of the Vazquez family sit outside their tents along with other people while camping out in tents outside a Best Buy store two days ahead Black Friday shopping in Rosenberg, Tex. on Nov. 25, 2015.

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